Explore La Grande-Acadie, Quebec, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Grande-Acadie, Quebec. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of La Grande-Acadie and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to La Grande-Acadie.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | La Grande-Acadie |
| Type | Hamlet |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Yamachiche; Maskinongé |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 46.315278 |
| Longitude | -72.871389 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J5V |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Small locality |
| CGN ID | ENIOZ |
La Grande-Acadie is a hamlet in Yamachiche; Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. La Grande-Acadie is located at 46.3153°N, 72.8714°W.
La Grande-Acadie rests along the northern expanse of the St. Lawrence, where the flat, fertile lowlands yield to the rising silhouette of the La Petite Montagne. It lies 22.5 km south-south-east of Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC (from Domaine-du-Lac-Paterson, QC: bearing 156°T), and is situated 8.6 km north-east of Louiseville. The land here holds a particular quality of light at dusk, a pale, bruised violet that clings to the horizon and turns the silt-heavy fields into long, dark shadows. The Rivière Chacoura courses through the nearby lowlands, its steady movement providing a quiet counterpoint to the stillness of the fields, while the distant, rushing roar of the Chutes de Sainte-Ursule carries faintly on the wind when the air grows heavy with the promise of rain. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the landscape levels out toward the Lac aux Castors, where the water mirrors the shifting gray of the northern sky with a clarity that feels almost heavy to the touch. Life in La Grande-Acadie moves with a deliberate, seasonal focus, rooted in a history of agriculture that has defined the texture of the soil for generations. The economy remains anchored to the land, with local families tending to the crops and maintaining the infrastructure that allows the region to thrive despite the biting cold of the long winters. There is a distinct, grounded character to the people, who carry the weight of their heritage in the way they work the earth and manage the resources of the surrounding terrain. Traditions persist in the quiet maintenance of the homesteads, where the smell of damp earth and woodsmoke marks the transition of the days, reflecting a resilience that is as constant as the current of the river itself.
La Grande-Acadie s'étire sur les rives basses du Saint-Laurent, là où la lumière déclinante du soir semble s'attarder sur les terres fertiles de Yamachiche. Le regard porte loin sur ce relief plat, à peine interrompu par la silhouette lointaine de La Petite Montagne qui délimite l'horizon. La Rivière Chacoura serpente à six kilomètres de distance, apportant une fraîcheur discrète dans le souffle de l'air, tandis que le Lac aux Castors, niché à onze kilomètres, conserve le silence des bois environnants. Plus loin encore, les Chutes de Sainte-Ursule imposent leur rythme sourd à dix-sept kilomètres, rappelant la puissance du courant qui façonne la région depuis des âges lointains. La Grande-Acadie porte en elle cet héritage agricole tenace, où chaque rangée de culture, chaque grange blanchie par les intempéries, raconte la patience des familles s'étant établies sur ces sols riches. La vie quotidienne y suit la cadence des travaux des champs et le murmure des eaux proches, créant une atmosphère singulière où le temps semble suspendre son vol. La terre, généreuse et plane, convie à une contemplation sereine, invitant les habitants à perpétuer des traditions fondées sur la terre et le ciel, dans une harmonie simple avec la nature qui borde ces rives du grand fleuve.
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Explore La Grande-Acadie, Quebec, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 46.315278, -72.871389. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for La Grande-Acadie includes the postal code (J5V), telephone area code (263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for La Grande-Acadie is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |